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Japanese animation, or anime, which has attained cult status among young people globally during the past several decades, is increasingly breaking into the mainstream. “My Reality: Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation”, investigates the influence of this form of pop culture on today’s art in Japan, other Asian countries, and the West. Featured artists include: Inka Essenhigh, Mariko Mori, Paul McCarthy, Tom Sachs, Richard Patterson, Takashi Murakami among others. Essays by Jeff Fleming, Takashi Murakami and Susan Lubowsky Talbott. Foreword by Judith Richards, 35 color and 10 b&w.
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My Reality: Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation
My Reality: Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation
Posted 04 Sep 2010
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EZ Flash MX: Animation, ActionScript and Gaming for Macromedia Flash
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If you are new to Flash, or an experienced Flash user, you will find this book offers a wealth of creative ideas and techniques for getting the most out of Flash. Written by an educator this book is organized to progressivly take you step by step into interactive web content (or software application) development. Educators: This book is ideal for the classroom. Whether your course is 1 hour (that meets 3-5 times per week), a night class (that meets for 3-4 hours), or short term training course, you will be delighted with this book. Short projects focus on specific concepts and make it easy to supply your class with entertaining and exciting ideas. Additional exploration topics (at the end of each chapter) prov… More >>
EZ Flash MX: Animation, ActionScript and Gaming for Macromedia Flash
Flash 3! Creative Web Animation
Posted 02 Sep 2010
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Flash is Macromedia’s new tool for people who want to put a little multimedia on their Web sites without buying and mastering a professional tool like Macromedia Director. With the affordable Flash program (and this book), even novices can lend impact to their sites with animated logos, banners, buttons, cartoons, and illustrations. Flash 3! CreativeWeb Animation is a complete introduction to Flash from one of Macromedia’s own training experts, Darrel Plant. It shows even the newest beginner how to make streaming animations, rollover buttons, animated logos, and other moving graphics that load and play instantly. The book covers Flash’s drawing tools, animation controls, file format support, and its easy-t… More >>
Flash 3! Creative Web Animation
The Complete Digital Animation Course: Principles, Practices and Techniques: A Practical Guide for Aspiring Animators
Posted 02 Sep 2010
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- ISBN13: 9780764144240
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This profusely illustrated book offers a basic course for beginners in the art and practice of digital animation. Step-by-step tutorials and projects teach students how to create animation for TV, movies, computer games, Web sites, and other media. Also covered is instruction in the art and craft of scriptwriting, creating 3D effects, voice recording, using background designs and maquettes, planning and shooting scenes, motion theory and animation, post-production, and promoting a finished work. The author also offers extensive advice to beginners on launching a career in digital animation. He includes tips from industry professionals, and advises on creating a showreel and portfolio, networking, and interviewi… More >>
The Complete Digital Animation Course: Principles, Practices and Techniques: A Practical Guide for Aspiring Animators
Geoscience Animation Library CD-ROM
Posted 01 Sep 2010
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This library offers 101 animations that illuminate the most difficult-to-visualize topics in physical geology, physical geography, oceanography, meteorology, and Earth science. Created through a unique collaboration among Pearson’s leading geoscience authors (including Robert Christopherson, Darrel Hess, Fred Lutgens, Aurora Pun, Gary Smith, Ed Tarbuck, and Al Trujillo), the animations are conveniently provided as Flash files and pre-loaded into PowerPoint slides. The Fourth Edition of this library contains five oceanography topics new to this edition:
• Calcareous Ooze and the Calcite Compensation Depth
• Daily Movement of the Deep Scattering Layer
• Ekman Spiral and Coas… More >>
Geoscience Animation Library CD-ROM
Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in 1950s Animation
Posted 01 Sep 2010
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- ISBN13: 9780811847315
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Between the classic films of Walt Disney in the 1940s and the televised cartoon revolution of the 1960s was a critical period in the history of animation. Amid Amidi, of the influential Animation Blast magazine and CartoonBrew blog, charts the evolution of the modern style in animation, which largely discarded the “lifelike” aesthetic for a more graphic and often abstract approach. Abundantly found in commercials, industrial and educational films, fair and expo infotainment, and more, this quickly popular cartoon modernism shared much with the painting and graphic design movements of the era. Showcasing hundreds of rare and forgotten sketches, model boards, cels, and film stills, Cartoon Modern is a thoroughly … More >>
Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in 1950s Animation
Realistic Animation, Lighting & Sound : 21 Projects for Your Model Railroad
Posted 01 Sep 2010
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Bring life to your model railroad with these simple projects! Model railroaders can add more realism to the operation of their layouts with animated accessories, lighting, and sound. These simple projects are easy to implement and don’t require complicated circuitry. Step-by-step instructions and color photos or illustrations demonstrate the featured effects in each chapter. –Ideal reference for beginner/intermediate model railroaders with a permanent or semi-permanent layout of any scale –Features ideas and projects from leading model railroading authors, including Gary Hoover, D. Derek Verner, and Kermit Paul… More >>
Realistic Animation, Lighting & Sound : 21 Projects for Your Model Railroad
Introducing Character Animation with Blender
Posted 29 Aug 2010
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- ISBN13: 9780470102602
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Let this in-depth professional book be your guide to Blender, the powerful open-source 3D modeling and animation software that will bring your ideas to life. Using clear step-by-step instruction and pages of real-world examples, expert animator Tony Mullen walks you through the complexities of modeling and animating, with a special focus on characters. From Blender basics to creating facial expressions and emotion to rendering, you’ll jump right into the process and learn valuable techniques that will transform your movies. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file…. More >>
Introducing Character Animation with Blender
Computers in Art, Design and Animation
Posted 29 Aug 2010
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This collection of contributions surveys the state-of-the-art in computer applications for graphics in art, animation and design. It provides an integrative view of the technological, computer-related aspects and considerations of the application of the computer as an artistic tool. This book is a valuable source of information for both the programmer interested in computer art, and for the artist exploring the creative potential of computers…. More >>
Computers in Art, Design and Animation
Secrets Of Clay Animation Revealed 3!
Posted 29 Aug 2010
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Secrets of Clay Animation Revealed 3 is a book teaching all methods the experts use to make stop motion films from start to finish. After reading Secrets you will know how to create several types of armatures, learn how puppets are sculpted, make a motion control rig, light your sets, make your own surface gages, use video reference, chroma key, capture programs and more. Please check out the list of contents here: http://www.animateclay.com/shop/secrets/contents.html UPDATE: We now have many new updates, an improved layout and interviews in this latest version 3 release as of July 2009. Find out what animator Anthony Scott has to say about the craft, as well as Justin Rasch, Jeremy Spake, Kathy Zung … More >>
Secrets Of Clay Animation Revealed 3!